Opinion

On Oct. 19, the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission released their final report, recommending that Athabasca, Westlock, Smoky Lake, Thorhild and Barrhead counties join to form one constituency. At first glance, it looks huge.

This town has a serious issue, and no, it is not creak of the old bridge as vehicles edge across it. As I calculated the Town of Athabasca's voter turnout following the election Oct.

Congratulations to all the candidates, regardless of whether they won or lost. For the most part all the candidates did a honourable job presenting themselves and the issues, whether it was at a forum or face-to face.

Get out your red flannel and make sure you comb your beard because Tim Neufeld and his musical brethren, the Glory Boys, are coming back to Barrhead. Roughly around the same time last year, I met Neufeld and the rest of the band for the first time.

The people of Westlock County spoke with their ballots Oct. 16 and it was clear they wanted a change, a fresh start and an end to the controversy that has plagued the municipality this past term.

Twenty-five years ago, the Westlock Rotary Dinner Theatre series began with a production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. It was a pretty daring choice for its first show, considering Westlock is a small town in rural Alberta. On Oct.

Alberta Labour minister Christina Gray says the government will take action to protect service station workers after Ki Yun Jo, the 54-year-old owner of a Thorsby Fas Gas, was killed over the Thanksgiving long weekend attempting to stop a gas-and-das

Last week I hit a moose with my car. I’m alive, but the moose is not. I can still hear the crunch as its head smacked into my windshield and can taste the chalky flavour of safety glass dust on my lips.

Dear Editor, In 1934, when I was three years old, my parents decided to leave their dry prairie farm and head north. Everything was loaded on the train, this included four horses and at least two cows.

“Candidates go head to head” was the headlining article in the October 10th Athabasca Advocate. What an odd choice of title to describe the all candidates forum hosted by the Athabasca Chamber of Commerce.